(CNN) Truth hurts, and apparently so does success. Lizzo's song "Truth Hurts" has spent weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and tied a record for the longest-running No. But in recent weeks, the song has also been the subject of controversy after a group of songwriters publicly claimed that "Truth Hurts" plagiarized parts of another song they helped write. "The men who now claim a piece of Truth Hurts did not help me write any part of the song. "There was no one in the room when I wrote Truth Hurts, except me, Ricky Reed, and my tears.

Source: CNN October 24, 2019 20:48 UTC